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Week 8
Ohio State Buckeyes (2-1) (1-0 H) vs Minnesota Golden Gophers (1-3) (0-1 A) Game Time: 12:00 p.m. EDT Saturday, October 24 Stadium: Ohio Stadium Surface: Grass

RECORD ANALYSIS
	STRAIGHT-UP			VS. SPREAD			OVER/UNDER
Minnesota Golden Gophers	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL
Year-to-Date	2 - 2	2 - 1	4 - 3	2 - 1	1 - 2	3 - 3	3 - 0	1 - 2	4 - 2
Last 5 games	1 - 2	1 - 1	2 - 3	1 - 1	1 - 1	2 - 2	3 - 0	1 - 1	4 - 1
YTD vs. Conf.	1 - 1	1 - 1	2 - 2	1 - 1	1 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 0	1 - 1	3 - 1
	STRAIGHT-UP			VS. SPREAD			OVER/UNDER
Ohio State Buckeyes	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL	HOME	AWAY	TOTAL
Year-to-Date	3 - 1	2 - 1	5 - 2	3 - 1	2 - 1	5 - 2	0 - 3	0 - 3	0 - 6
Last 5 games	2 - 0	2 - 1	4 - 1	2 - 0	2 - 1	4 - 1	0 - 2	0 - 3	0 - 5
YTD vs. Conf.	2 - 0	1 - 1	3 - 1	2 - 0	1 - 1	3 - 1	0 - 2	0 - 2	0 - 4
	AWAY VS. SPREAD					HOME VS. SPREAD
Year-to-Date	FAV	DOG	GRASS	TURF		FAV	DOG	GRASS	TURF
Minnesota Golden Gophers	1 - 1	0 - 1	1 - 1	0 - 1		2 - 1	0 - 0	0 - 0	2 - 1
Ohio State Buckeyes	2 - 1	0 - 0	1 - 1	1 - 0		2 - 1	1 - 0	3 - 1	0 - 0

TEAM LOGS/SCHEDULE:
( * = overtime)

Minnesota Golden Gophers
					LINE			OVER/UNDER
DATE	DAY	OPP	SCORE	SU	OPEN	CLOSE	ATS & MARGIN	OPEN	CLOSE	O/U & MARGIN	G/T
09/05/09	Sat	@SYR	23 - 20	W	-6	-7	L -4	48	48.5	U -5.5	T
09/12/09	Sat	AF	20 - 13	W	-6.5	-3	W 4	0	0	O +-33.0	T
09/19/09	Sat	CA	21 - 35	L	-12	-14	L -28	55	53	O +- 3.0	T
09/26/09	Sat	@NW	35 - 24	W	+1	-1	W 10	50	49	O +-10.0	G
10/03/09	Sat	WIS	28 - 31	L	-3	-2.5	L -5.5	54	52	O +- 7.0	T
10/10/09	Sat	PUR	35 - 20	W	-4.5	-3	W 12	54	52	O +- 3.0	T
10/17/09	Sat	@PAST	0 - 20	L	+15	+17	L -3	50	44.5	U -24.5	G

Ohio State Buckeyes
					LINE			OVER/UNDER
DATE	DAY	OPP	SCORE	SU	OPEN	CLOSE	ATS & MARGIN	OPEN	CLOSE	O/U & MARGIN	G/T
09/05/09	Sat	NAVY	31 - 27	W	-22	-22	L -18	0	0	O +-58.0	G
09/12/09	Sat	USC	15 - 18	L	+4.5	+7	W 4	45	45.5	U -12.5	G
09/19/09	Sat	@TOL	38 - 0	W	-21	-22.5	W 15.5	59	59	U -21.0	T
09/26/09	Sat	IL	30 - 0	W	-15	-13.5	W 16.5	53	49.5	U -19.5	G
10/03/09	Sat	@IN	33 - 14	W	-17.5	-18	W 1	47.5	47.5	U -0.5	G
10/10/09	Sat	WIS	31 - 13	W	-16	-15	W 3	48	46.5	U -2.5	G
10/17/09	Sat	@PUR	18 - 26	L	-14	-13.5	L -21.5	50.5	45	U -1.0	G

PREVIOUS MEETINGS:

						LINE			OVER/UNDER
DATE	DAY	VIS	SC	HOM	SC	OPEN	CLOSE	ATS & MARGIN	OPEN	CLOSE	O/U & MARGIN	G/T
10/28/06	Sat	MN	0	OHST	44	-27.5	-27.5	OHST +16.5	NL	NL	O +-44	G
09/29/07	Sat	OHST	30	MN	7	+20.5	+24	MN +1	NL	NL	O +-37	T
09/27/08	Sat	MN	21	OHST	34	-19.0	-20.0	OHST --7	49.0	48.5	O +-6.5	G

STATISTICAL AVERAGES:

AWAY/HOME			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM
MN (off)	19.3	15	31	105	3.4	30	15	0.5	178	5.9	283	1.0	0.3
OHST (def)	14.5	18	41	126	3.1	30	17	0.6	172	5.7	298	1.8	0.5
			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM
MN (def)	21.3	20	35	110	3.1	37	24	0.6	254	6.9	364	0.7	1.0
OHST (off)	26.8	14	35	144	4.1	19	10	0.5	139	7.3	283	0.8	0.5
ALL GAMES			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM
MN (off)	23.1	15	30	103	3.4	28	15	0.5	190	6.8	293	1.3	0.7
OHST (def)	14.0	17	33	88	2.7	36	20	0.6	197	5.5	285	1.7	0.7
			RUSHING			PASSING					TOT	TURNOVERS
	PTS	FD	AT	YDS	AVG	AT	CO	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS	INT	FUM
MN (def)	23.3	21	42	165	3.9	32	20	0.6	228	7.1	393	0.7	1.1
OHST (off)	28.0	17	37	158	4.3	24	13	0.5	173	7.2	331	1.1	0.9

SCORING AVERAGES:

Minnesota Golden Gophers (away)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	7.0	2.3	9.3	3.3	5.7	1.0	10
POINTS ALLOWED	5.3	9.0	14.3	7.0	0.0	0.0	7

Ohio State Buckeyes (home)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	6.8	7.5	14.3	7.3	5.3	0.0	12.6
POINTS ALLOWED	3.5	3.3	6.8	2.5	5.3	0.0	7.8

Minnesota Golden Gophers (all)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	4.9	5.4	10.3	5.4	7.0	0.4	12.8
POINTS ALLOWED	6.7	6.1	12.8	5.0	5.4	0.0	10.4

Ohio State Buckeyes (all)	Q1	Q2	H1	Q3	Q4	OT	H2+OT
POINTS FOR	8.3	7.7	16	5.4	6.6	0.0	12
POINTS ALLOWED	2.4	3.7	6.1	3.4	4.4	0.0	7.8

VALUE INDEX COMPARISON TO LAS VEGAS LINE:

	LV POINTSPREAD		VALUE INDEX	VALUE INDEX
	OPEN	CURRENT	RATING	LINE	EDGE
Minnesota Golden Gophers			54
Ohio State Buckeyes			70.5	-20.5	3.5
	LV OVER/UNDER		VALUE INDEX	VALUE INDEX
	OPEN	CURRENT	RATING	EDGE
OVER/UNDER			46	UNKNOWN

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